The inaugural edition of the discursive programme L is for the Way You Look at Me begins by exploring the reimagination and reenactment of love through the complex web of interrelations in the microcosm. Highlighting the dynamics of life through relationality and multiplicity, this opening event presents a polyphonic introduction to the programme with voices, texts, rhythms, and tunes from contributors. The polylogue is followed by a panel discussion between artists Lo Lai Lai Natalie and Alanna Lynch, and HKW’s Qu Chang.

Through the microscope lens that makes visible the many intra- and interactions among microorganisms, L is for the Way You Look at Me seeks a deeper understanding of the lively condition through which motion and emotion, life and love are made possible. Underpinning this concern is the question ‘what is life?’—what does it mean to be sentient, self-replicating, evolving, and multiple? This enquiry could in turn shed light on the question ‘what is love?’ and why we desire warmth, touch, empathy, and transcendence.